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Fine-tuning CTV: the private national network reinvents itself

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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) will hear a proposal to restructure the ownership of CTV Television Network presented by CTV president John Cassaday. The restructuring will help focus the direction of the network, which has been scattered lately.

Discipline rules: a private school of hard knocks turns troubled kids around

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Educator Sheila Morrison founded the school in 1977 to help troubled children overcome their problems and succeed academically. Most students respond positively to the strict discipline of the school, whose central principle is a determination to teach children to work hard.

Prime-time shakeup: the CBC gives itself a bold new look

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The CBC is planning to alter prime-time television by making drastic changes in the programming for fall 1992. Observers believe that these changes are ambitious and innovative. The CBC plans to complement other networks.